A new analysis of popular music from the last half-century reveals that while the lyrics of chart-topping American songs have ...

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The lyrics of modern-day music has become more repetitive over the past 40 years, a new study has found. The study published in the journal Scientific Reports found that lyrics of English-language ...

Twain, without question, changed the genre of country music, with her crossover sounds and her pop-leaning songs. But amid her blurring of genre lines, which was met with praise by some and criticism ...

The drift towards more downbeat music has been long-lasting. Recent analysis in Scientific Reports found a similar pattern ...

Over the past 50 years the lyrics of popular songs in the USA have become simpler, more negative, and contain more stress-related words, according to an analysis published in Scientific Reports. The ...